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The Tragic Murder of a Licensed Fool: Extremism, Freedom of Expression, and the Fight For “European Values.”
by James Walker January 8, 2015At midday on the 7th of January 2015, three masked gunmen forced their way into the offices of a French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, and…
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The Crossroads: The Modernization of the Roman Catholic Church
by Tala Ahmadi December 12, 2014As one of the world’s oldest institutions still alive today, the Roman Catholic Church has been at the intersection of traditional versus contemporary many…
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Put Away the Umbrellas in Hong Kong Streets
by thegeneration March 1, 2024Will the “pan-democrat” camp of Hong Kong (HK) settle for anything short of “democracy” and “political sovereignty” from mainland China? Can there be a…
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Los Muertos no Pagan: The Case for New Institutions to Resolve Sovereign Debt Disputes
by Kurt J. Klein November 28, 2014In 1776, Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations asserted: “When it becomes necessary for a state to declare itself bankrupt, in the same manner…
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The Walking Brain Dead
by James Walker November 19, 2014In every modern version of the “Zombie Apocalypse” narrative, small bands of plucky survivors fend off endless hordes of infected, shambling, braindead individuals. The…
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Google’s Juggling Act: The politics of mapping borders in geo-politically sensitive areas
by Lillianne Thomas October 31, 2014By Lillianne Thomas Google, as a ubiquitous modern-day supplier of digital maps found in many common applications, has (whether the company desires it or…